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r. Younus Y. Mirza is the Founding Director of the Barzinji Institute for Global Virtual Learning at Shenandoah University. He has a Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies and has taught at Millsaps and Allegheny College. He is a co-author of the book The Bible and the Qur’an: Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition and has published in various journals such as the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR), the Journal of Qur’anic Studies (JQS) and Islam Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR). In his teaching, he has been profiled by Interfaith America and has won a teaching award for his First Year Seminar course. In his virtual exchange projects, he has worked with American, Southeast Asian, European and Arab students, faculty and staff and organized a variety of virtual programs from forums, to conferences, to Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). He has been recognized by Shenandoah University’s Board of Trustees for being “a strong advocate for global education and international academic partnerships.”